Cubic gauche-CN: A superhard metallic compound predicted via first-principles calculations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Xiaoli ^a   Bao, Kuo ^a   Tian, Fubo ^a   Meng, Xing ^a   Chen, Changbo ^a,b   Dong, Bowu ^a   Li, Da ^a   Liu, Bingbing ^a   Cui, Tian ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FORMATION ENTHALPY; HIGH HARDNESS; HIGH PRESSURE; METALLIC COMPONENT; METALLIC MATERIAL; PRESSURE RANGES; SUPERHARD; SUPERHARD MATERIAL; VIA FIRST;

CARBON NITRIDE; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; STOICHIOMETRY; VICKERS HARDNESS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77955670460     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3464479     Document Type: Article

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